When comparing Emmet vs JSHint, the Slant community recommends Emmet for most people. In the question“What are the best plugins for Sublime Text?” Emmet is ranked 3rd while JSHint is ranked 35th. The most important reason people chose Emmet is:
Emmet does not only work with HTML, but also CSS.
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Pros
Pro Makes writing CSS really fast
Emmet does not only work with HTML, but also CSS.
Pro Makes writing HTML really fast
Either watch the video below or read this article to see all the things you can do with Emmet. the video link is absent
Pro Customizable ruleset
Since it's creation, JSHint was created to be a more configurable version of JSLint (it's actually a fork of JSLint itself). Every rule is configurable through a configuration file.
Pro Comes with support for many librariers
JSHint supports libraries like QUnit, NodeJS, jQuery, Mocha out of the box.
Pro Basic ES6 support
Basic ES6 support is included.
Cons
Con Requires pyv8
Emmet is a Javascript addon, and it requires pyv8 (python-javascript bridge) to run.
Con No way to support ESnext
There's no support for ESnext available.
Con Difficult to know which rule is causing an error
Because it does not display the rule name that is being broken, it's difficult to know which rule is actually causing the error.